2/254. Chapter:
Sunan Abi Dawud 1137 — Menstruating Women at Eid
Women Going Out To The 'Eid
Hadith About Menstruating Women Keeping Away from the Prayer Place
Sunan Abi Dawud : 1137
Sunan Abi DawudHadith Number 1137
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عُبَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ، عَنْ أُمِّ عَطِيَّةَ، بِهَذَا الْخَبَرِ قَالَ " وَيَعْتَزِلُ الْحُيَّضُ مُصَلَّى الْمُسْلِمِينَ " . وَلَمْ يَذْكُرِ الثَّوْبَ . قَالَ وَحَدَّثَ عَنْ حَفْصَةَ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ تُحَدِّثُهُ عَنِ امْرَأَةٍ أُخْرَى قَالَتْ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَذَكَرَ مَعْنَى حَدِيثِ مُوسَى فِي الثَّوْبِ .
Umm 'Atiyyah Narrated from:
This tradition has also been narrated by Umm 'Atiyyah in a similar manner through a different chain. She added: The menstruating women should keep themselves away from the place of prayer of the Muslims. She did not mention the garment. She narrated this tradition from Hafsah mentioning a woman who asked about another woman saying: O Messenger of Allah .... She then reported the tradition like that narrated by Musa mentioning the garment.
[1] Meaning number 1136, in which Mūsā bin Ismā‘īl narrated it to Abū Dāwud.Reference : Sunan Abi Dawud 1137In-book reference : Book 2, Hadith 748English translation : Book 2, Hadith 1133
Summary of Sunan Abi Dawud Hadith 1137
This hadith about menstruating women at Eid adds a detail to the report from Umm Atiyyah. It says the menstruating women should keep themselves away from the place of prayer of the Muslims. In another part, the report also carries the meaning of the earlier narration about the outer garment. For people searching “menstruating women Eid prayer hadith” or “keep away from musalla Eid hadith,” this text is specific. It does not say they were absent from Eid gathering altogether. It says they stayed away from the prayer place while the wider meaning of attending the good and supplication is found in the connected report. The explanation should not go beyond that wording.
What we learn from this hadith
- Menstruating women were told to keep away from the prayer place.
- The report is connected to the command for women to go out for Eid.
- The garment detail is mentioned through another route in the narration.
- The hadith separates presence at Eid goodness from the prayer place itself.
